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G; H. TAYLOR.

DRESS PROTECTOR.

'NQ. 560,241. Patented May 19, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC GEORGE H. TAYLOR, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

DRESS-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,241, dated May 19,1896.

Application filed March 24, 1896.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. TAYLOR, a resident of the city, county,and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Dress-Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

,My invention relates to dress-protectors of the character in which acord is employed within the bight of the velveteen or other material ofwhich the dress-protector is made. This cord is of such extent incross-section as to form an enlarged bead at the lower edge of theprotector to prevent the lower edge of the skirt, which is secured abovethe bead, from becoming abraded. Heretofore in dress-protectors of thischaracter it has been customary to place the velveteen or other materialof which the dress-protector is made in direct contact with the cord inthe bight. This would result in the material sinking into theinterstices formed between the strands in the cord and giving acorrugated appearance to the bead on the exterior of the protector.

The object of my invention is to overcome these and other defects foundin dress-protectors heretofore made.

To this end my invention consists in the novel arrangement andcombination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Inthe accompanying drawings, wherein like letters indicate correspondingparts in the various views, Figure 1 is an inside face view of a portionof a dress-protector made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is anoutside face view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 3of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a face view of a portion of another form ofdress-protector made in accordance with.

my invention. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents an outer fabric, which may bemade of any suitable material, such as velveteen, and is preferably outupon the straight and corrugated at an angle to the length thereof, asindicated at a, so that the necessary elasticity had in a textile fabricout upon the bias is provided. A second fabric of buckram is provided,as indicated at B, which buckram fabric is out upon the bias, asindicated in Fig. 2. The two fabrics are doubled Serial No. 584,647. on,model.)

to form a bight b, in which is contained a cord C. This cord 0 issecured in the bight of the doubled fabrics, as by a line of stitching0, which preferably passes through the cord and prevents longitudinalmovement thereof in the bight of the fabric.

The dress-protector may be formed of an outer fabric A, covering oneside thereof, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or may extend to theentire depth of the dress-protector on both sides, as indicated in Figs.4 and 5. These fabrics A and B may be secured at the upper edge in anysuitable manner, as

by a line of stitching (Z.

By my invention I am enabled to provide a dress-protector wherein thefabric may be cut upon the straight, thereby avoiding considerable wasteinherent in protectors which are out upon the bias and at the same timeprovide a'protector which is cheap, efficient, and neat in appearance,the buckram in the fabric maintaining the outer fabric in a smoothcondition and at the same time giving more body and stiffness to thearticle as a whole.

I am aware that it is old to employ buckram as a stiffening for thebottom of skirts and do not claim, broadly, the use of such buckram orthe employment of buckram in combination with other textile fabrics; but

WVhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A dress-protector comprising an outer fabric, an inner fabric ofbuckram out on the bias, said inner and outer fabrics being doubled toform the bight and a cord contained within said bight and securedtherein to form a'bead upon one edge of the dressprotector.

2. A dress-protector comprising an outer fabric, an inner fabric ofbuckram cut on the bias, said inner and outer fabrics being doubled toform a bight and extending throughout the entire depth of thedress-protector, a cord contained within said bight and secured thereinto form a bead upon one edge of the dress-protector.

GEORGE H. TAYLOR. IVitnesses GEO. E. MoRsE, MAURIcE BLOCK.

